Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the witnesses for being here today.
My question is mainly to Mr. Froese, as he caught my attention with the forensic accounting investigations dealing with white collar criminals, the new criminals.
We are carrying out a study on organized crime. We know this involves drugs. Over the last four, five or ten years, there has been a significant new movement that has emerged, that is the issue of white collar criminals. In Quebec, there were the Vincent Lacroix and Earl Jones cases. In Alberta, various companies are also involved in this kind of story. You are the expert we are consulting.
Currently, all governments, through different structures, are working with bigger and bigger pension funds. We can take as an example the teachers' fund and the Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec. There is a lot of money floating around and many people, like Vincent Lacroix for example, manipulate those funds. Today, we realize that if you were not there, we would not be in a position to find them. What would you suggest to us?
We are carrying out a study on organized crime and we must try to find some solution. We are well aware of past crimes, which were quite ordinary. In your case, you are facing a new kind of crime.
In your opinion, what should we change in order to help people protect their money? What is currently happening with white collar criminals is more and more serious. What do you suggest?